Ricky Ponting has not seen a weaker England batting line-up than the present-day a person which will take on Australia in the impending Ashes collection Down Under. The former Australia captain has claimed that England will uncover it tricky to contend against the property staff and they need to look at them selves before pointing fingers at Australia’s staff.

“I’ve been a bit more outward than normal about this a person due to the fact I truthfully believe that Australia will acquire genuinely effortlessly,” Ponting was quoted as expressing by cricket.com.au. “If you look by way of the present-day England staff, they’re searching for an opener, they’re searching for a amount a few, Stokes mightn’t be there, a few of their quicks have long gone down.

Even further examining the England staff, Ponting claimed that England pacers, primarily Stuart Broad and James Anderson, are on a steady drop and will not be equipped to contend with their Australian counterparts.

“Anderson and Broad, as great as they’ve been above the decades, I believe they’re on the steady drop. They are not heading to get greater from in this article as cricketers, (however) they’re hanging on to a fairly superior level of general performance. Then you match it up against our staff and we have bought (Mitchell) Starc, (Pat) Cummins and (Josh) Hazlewood who are skyrocketing – people fellas are on the up.

“And you see this all around all sporting groups, you look at fellas that are on the way up, that are starting up to progress. If they get a sniff early then they’ll run with it and they’ll be around unstoppable, people a few fellas.

“(Spinner) Nathan Lyon’s very last couple decades have been excellent, so I just believe proper now England have bought more gaps and more induce for worry in, not only in their eleven but in their overall squad, than what Australia have.”

Ponting also replied to former England cricketers Ian Bothan and Gramme Swann’s criticism of Australian staff and claimed that the Aussies have bought a great bunch of players who can make it genuinely really hard for England to acquire a video game.

“Let’s hold out and see, everyone’s bought their very own impression on the way they believe this collection will go and how the person players will go, but I’m very self-assured that we have bought a group of fellas there who are heading to make it genuinely really hard for England to acquire a video game,” Ponting claimed.

“I believe they (Botham and Swann) need to be wanting in their very own backyards before they start off stressing about ours.

“I really do not bear in mind seeing also numerous England groups, absolutely in the very last 15 decades in any case, with some of the batsmen that I have seen them play above the very last six to 8 months. Some of the fellas I have seen I’m not also enamoured with,” he claimed.

The former Australia captain predicted that Australia are heading to acquire the collection 4- and the only prospect England have to acquire a Test will be in Adelaide wherever the video game will be performed with pink-ball and underneath lights.

“My prediction is that I believe it will be 4-nil Australia, and I believe the finest prospect that England have bought will be in Adelaide wherever a night video game, pink ball, the night time problems will suit Anderson and Broad down to the floor.

“But if they really do not acquire that a person, I can not see them winning a person.”